# Employment: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 271,234 thousands.
That is the highest reading since April 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.7% (May 2020) to 8.2% (May 2021), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-44060.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-spokane-spokane-valley-wa-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 271,234 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 269,029 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 265,126 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 267,217 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 272,639 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 269,782 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 270,396 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 268,357 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 267,109 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 272,592 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 274,836 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 273,410 thousands | 1.7 |
| August 2025 | 267,854 thousands | 0.7 |
| July 2025 | 266,716 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2025 | 269,187 thousands | −0.5 |
| May 2025 | 270,369 thousands | −1.1 |
| April 2025 | 269,880 thousands | −0.7 |
| March 2025 | 267,006 thousands | −1.2 |
| February 2025 | 264,654 thousands | −1.4 |
| January 2025 | 263,834 thousands | −1.3 |
| December 2024 | 267,082 thousands | −1.3 |
| November 2024 | 269,322 thousands | −2.6 |
| October 2024 | 269,007 thousands | −2.8 |
| September 2024 | 268,969 thousands | −1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-44060.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-44060.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```